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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cnyndwllr who wrote (9974)	3/26/2004 6:51:47 AM
From: H-Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Whether one agrees with going to war or not, the question is do we as the US submit our policy and fate of the American people, to the approval of the UN. That is what Kerry is on record as saying he would have done. Intelligence has been wrong about is the stockpiles of WMD. But if your read the Kay report, you will find that Saddam had active programs to develop WMD, an active program to decieve the inspectors and the full intent to resume full production once the inspectors were gone. The question of WMD was not France and Germany's objection. They too (along with the UN) believed that WMD Stockpiles existed.

To: cnyndwllr who wrote (9974)	3/26/2004 9:35:42 AM
From: H-Man	Respond to of 81568

It might have been a good thing to have waited for France and Germany's approval Kerry’s current position, that he would have waited boarders on absurdity. Let’s remember the context of the time. France stated that they could foresee almost no circumstances where they would concede to going to war. Germany had a similar stance. So Kerry’s delay would have accomplished nothing, except make it more difficult for the military to proceed. France’s position, is at the same time both absurd and counterproductive. It is absurd because France has taken military action in Africa when it felt that it was in their national interest. It is counterproductive, because such a statement rendered U.N. Security Council resolutions impotent and it created an environment where Iraq had no incentive to abide by them, which if you read the Kay report, they did not (abide by them).